Milwaukee at Dallas

Milwaukee has been playing good defense for their new coaching staff, 11th in the NBA in field goal shooting defense and points allowed. The Bucks are allowing an average of 98.7 points, but they've held four of their last seven opponents under 90. Milwaukee is off a win over Miami allowing 85 points, and the UNDER is 5-2 when the Bucks face the Western Conference. They will play a slower tempo and rely on that defense against Dallas, a team that likes to run who are tops in the NBA in scoring. Dirk Nowitzki is not 100%, though, sitting out two games ago to rest his sore back before returning against the Suns, but he shot 2 of 10 from the field and scored a season-low 10 points. Play Milwaukee/Dallas UNDER the total.